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McIntosh's discussion of Phase 2 of curriculum development was very intriguing to me. It all made sense as I read it, and it should have occurred to me before, but somehow it failed to. The discussion of Women in History strongly reminded me of my AP U.S. History class in high school. The majority of the class was focused on the people with the best access to political power: men. However, my teacher was convinced that since the class consisted of one man and ten women he would never get away with just that version of history. He was right. However, his version of a "feminist" history was talking about women in history. At the time I believe I felt that it was better than nothing, but now I see that it was no better than the first version. Phase 2 is just exploiting the women that made it to the top of the pinnacle and did something that was considered extraordinary by the men of the time. The only other alternative is the study of the consorts, women who were only considered important because of their relationships with important men. The majority of women were completely ignored.